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As social media marketing has become ubiquitous ( 88% of marketers say social media is important for their businesses), hundreds of new tools have developed just in the past few years: tools for social media management, monitoring, measurement, automation, identifying influencers, creating graphical content, and more. Image credit: Buddy Media. Check out this post. MORE

But – just like any other SEO & Social Media tool – HubSpot will only deliver results if you put a fair amount of time into creating and promoting content: compelling content is what makes the HubSpot engine hum. If you’re a mid-size company, search Engine Optimization and Social Media are really the key features that you’ll use HubSpot for. Conclusion. MORE

As social media has grown, so has the opportunity for businesses to reach customers and potential customers. In fact, according to the Salesforce 2015 State of Marketing Report , 66% of businesses now have a dedicated social media team. The problem is that while a whopping number of businesses have a social media team, the majority of them don’t know how to measure their efforts. MORE

While we realize that successful B2B marketing programs leverage a combination of investments, social media needs to remain in a part of that mix. More importantly, as detailed in my presentation for Supply Chain Management teams this past October, social media is an increasingly important tool for defining marketing ROI. Social Media Strategy and Budgeting. source ). source ). MORE

Social Media. And the last topic “Social Media” confirmed my gut feeling that Social Media is hotter than Inbound Marketing and Search Marketing (which were hardly mentioned by the respondents). will focus on Marketing Automation and Social media, with an emphasis on mid-size to large marketing teams. Social Media. And the last topic “Social Media” confirmed my gut feeling that Social Media is hotter than Inbound Marketing and Search Marketing (which were hardly mentioned by the respondents). LeadSloth Marketing Automation Blog – Survey Results. MORE

Quick: Can you list the goals of each and every one of your social media efforts? So much of social media is on the fly—a response rather than a plan—that it can become a slippery planning slope for companies, especially those that are understaffed. In fact, setting goals is a key component of establishing a process to measure social media profitability. MORE

It also includes Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.), Social Media monitoring : see who writes about your company or your areas of expertise. Tags: Demand Generation Social Media Monitoring enquisite hubspot inbound marketing lead management marketing automation ppc raven seo social media The Marketing Automation industry is evolving continuously. Many digital marketers are using marketing automation tools to automate lead nurturing. But if you want to expand your business, you also need to continuously add new leads to your database. Conclusion. MORE

If we can believe the people of Email Delivered there is a “heated debate inside marketing circles” about what’s the best option when it comes to focusing your marketing efforts: social media or email marketing. Email marketing Integrated marketing Social media marketing content marketing Email Delivered Social Media Today social versus email MORE

though Inbound Marketing and Social Media would be a Generation Y thing! The tech industry is known for inventing new names for existing things, mainly to promote their own company. Great for them, but bad for customers: there’s always so much confusion about these new terms (earlier I wrote about the confusion around Demand Generation and Sales 2.0 ). Overall Results. MORE

Dharmesh Shah of Hubspot defines inbound marketing to include search, social media and blogs. Should Marketing Automation systems add Inbound Marketing tools as standard features? Or is it better to keep those tools separate? brought up this question in my previous blog post , and Maria Pergolino had some very good comments on which tools to use and how to integrate them for ROI reporting. MORE

Social Media monitoring? Today I’m at the Sales 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. write about Marketing Automation, so why am I at a sales conference? I’m here because I believe Sales & Marketing should be on the same team. Marketing Automation can help both Marketing and Sales, but it requires intense collaboration: that’s what Sales 2.0 is all about. MORE

It is about Internet marketing: very interesting posts about SEO, PPC and Social Media. In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Today I’ve put together a list of vendor blogs. Most of these vendors blogs really get ‘online marketing’, so they talk about best practices rather then just touting their products, and they post regularly. In alphabetical order: ActiveConversion B2B Marketing Blog. This is my new discovery. Recently, they are writing more posts, and some good ones too! Hubspot Internet Marketing Blog. MORE

have written a lot about Inbound Marketing ( social media and search engine optimization ): it’s free, but takes a fair amount of time to set up. Interview with Terry Whalen from CPC Search. To generate demand for your products, it’s not enough to nurture the existing leads in your database. You also need a steady stream of fresh leads coming in. There are many ways to find these new leads: inbound marketing, search advertising, tradeshows, lead programs, etc. They all have their pros and cons, and most companies use a combination of strategies. What is your take? MORE

That’s a wide variety of topics, but I believe there is a clear relationship between them: Both CRM and Marketing Automation are changing because of Social Media and Inbound Marketing. Social Media doesn’t change anything about that: capturing, nurturing and scoring simply isn’t very social. It plays out in a slightly different way for each of them. Social CRM. MORE

Using email in conjunction with social media campaigns. Today MarketingSherpa’s Email Summit started in Miami. It is focused on advanced email strategies, which is an important part of the demand generation process. Most of the case studies seem to be B2C rather than B2B. The focus is on list- and trigger-based emails and on landing pages, rather than on the full Lead Management Automation functionality. Nevertheless, there are lots of interesting advanced email topics that are just as relevant for B2B demand generation specialists. Combining List- and Trigger-Based Campaigns. MORE

Integration of Social Media, Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation. Social Media Marketing FAIL: In 2010, we’ll see a lot of companies spend a lot of money trying to make a big splash into social networks and many will crash and burn. Marketers will continue to struggle with the new Social Media reality and coming up with smart ways to influence the market’s conversation about their brand. The second challenge will be in adapting their organization to take advantage of new ways of marketing, new media, new technologies. Focus within social media. MORE

In addition to Marketing Automation, there were two big topics: Social Media and CRM. will write about Social Media some other time, and focus on CRM in this post. Last week I presented a session at Silverpop’s B2B Marketing University in Atlanta. Many attendees were confused by CRM vendors claiming to offer full marketing functionality. If that’s true, why would you still need Marketing Automation? So let’s dig in and find how Marketing Automation and CRM are different. Strong Features of CRM. For CRM, I focused on Salesforce.com. Opportunity creation. Limited. MORE

Social Media Marketing — according to Wikipedia , “social media marketing is the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites.” ” This is a broad practice, encompassing social media strategy (what are your goals?), The post What is Social Media Marketing? The onus is on me because I am the expert in communications. MORE

will be speaking about Marketing Automation features, the marketing technology ecosystem, and the impact of Social Media. Social Media. When talking about Social Media, most people immediately think of Twitter or Facebook. define it much broader: Social Media facilitates any online social interaction, where monologues have been transformed into social dialogs. MORE

Rebekah and her team write about demand generation, with lots of good articles on content marketing and social media. In the spirit of Twitter’s Follow Friday I’d like to finally publish the remaining Demand Generation blogs that I enjoy reading. Earlier I published the Top 10 Demand Generation vendor blogs and the Top 10 Marketing Automation Blogs. Of course, there were many great blogs that I forgot to include, so here are the remaining ones! B2B Marketing Zone. DemandGen Report. Rebekah Donaldson’s “Red on Marketing. Gary Katz, Marketing Operations at Work. MORE

Many businesses really want to interact with their fans and ignite more engagement on social media to build relationships and loyalty. Contests on social media are a dime a dozen today, so do something atypical to make your brand stand out. If your business supports a cause, it’s even easier to craft a campaign and share the details about it via your social media pages. MORE

Though the use of social media and social networks for marketing is now nearly ubiquitous, and 78% of companies have dedicated social media teams, many marketers sill struggle with certain aspects of social marketing, such as formalizing strategies and measuring results. What trends and changes in social media do marketers need to stay on top of? Social Media Marketing Guides. MORE

So far, I have done one interview in the Leaders in Social Media Strategies series. How has your education and workplace learning brought you to where you are now, a leader in social media strategy? My professional background and life passions all track back to the field of communication, where social media sits. Yes, I am going to interview myself! Should be interesting. MORE

Social Media Tracking 101. Some of you may know that I’ve been a guest blogger at Genius.com since last summer. The main topic has been Marketing Automation , with several other online marketing topics blended in. On the Genius blog I have some nice introductory articles, so I wanted to provide some links to those post here on the LeadSloth blog. Marketing Automation. These posts are about Marketing Automation and Lead Management: Lead Management Introduction. Lead Management Features. Are You Ready for Marketing Automation? Not Ready for Marketing Automation. Now What? Feedback. MORE

Social media brings online conversations to life. According to a research study, 74% of all Internet users use social media. And with social media, content emerges. The post 5 Ways User-Generated Content Amplifies Your Social Media Strategy appeared first on Marketing Insider Group. Social Media Social Media CampaignsConsumers are sharing […]. MORE

Earlier this year Jame-Ane Ervin wrote a great post about the results of promoting her webinar via Social Media. Now that’s effective use of social media. couple of weeks ago I met one of the founders of the site Social Media B2B : Jeff Cohen ( @dgtlpapercuts ). We started talking and he asked me to write a post about using Social Media for B2B Lead Generation, as LeadSloth has done a fair bit of work in that area. could only use 1,000 words, and in my opinion Blogging, LinkedIn and Twitter are the powerhouses of social media for B2B lead generation. MORE

On Tuesday Genius.com announced the Genius URL Shortener (GURL), which makes it easier to measure the results of social media campaigns. first used it inside AdWords, in which they offered cross-media conversion tracking. Of course, Social Media is all the rage, but I would also use the Genius URL Shortener for online advertisements, list rentals, and so on. So in my opinion this is a very interesting new tool that is makes it easier to track campaign ROI for Social Media and beyond. Lead Source Measurement Needs Improvement. Let me know your suggestions. MORE

It’s something that you use almost every day, but how much do you really know about social media? Social Media Is The New Newspaper. Did you know that Reddit is the most popular social media platform as a source of news? Younger people are more likely to be making the change to news on social media. Guest post by Josh Wardini. It is. You’re Hired. MORE

You start defining the personas that you target, and you find out how to reach them through Social Media. Tags: Social Media content marketing public relations seamless integration Today my article on Content Marketing was published on the Genius.com blog, and I wondered whether I could visualize how Content Marketing is different from traditional public relations and advertising. MORE

This week there was a discussion about Social Media and Marketing Automation in the LinkedIn Group of the Marketing Automation Association. How can Social Media be integrated with Marketing Automation? started researching this, and I found five ways to add Social Media features to Marketing Automation: Share to Social. Social Media ROI. Social Media Monitoring. MORE

Just some highlights: Integrating Social Media with B2B Email – Daryl Nielson, Marketing Manager, Email B2B, HP and Mia Dand, B2B Social Media Marketing Manager, HP WW Enterprise Business Marketing. Social Media for the B2B Marketer – Alex Plant from NetApp and Natascha Thomson from SAP. San Francisco: October 4-5 / Boston: October 25-26. Just like last year, I will be a blogging partner for MarketingSherpa's B2B Marketing Summit. Again, they have created a great program for B2B Marketers, covering both lead generation and lead nurturing strategies. MORE

Social media use isn’t quite universal—but it’s getting close. The number of worldwide social media users is projected to grow from 2.1 Social media now plays almost as large a role in purchasing decisions as does TV, and 57% of consumers say they’re influenced to think more highly of business after seeing positive comments or praise online. 70% of the U.S. MORE

But spending on digital marketing programs is projected to rise three times as fast, and over the next five years, the share of budget dollars dedicated to social media marketing will more than double. Social media benefits are unclear. For B2B media companies, the biggest share of revenue comes from events, totaling $12.2 Lead generation is still a challenge. eMarketer ). 2. MORE

Though social media marketing has become ubiquitous, most companies and brands still struggle to achieve their desired results. Those are among the conclusions it’s fair to draw from the collection of social media marketing facts and statistics below. Eights years after social media marketing became a trending topic , marketers still struggle with tactics and metrics. MORE

Genoo, another presenter, used Social Media to fill their prospect database, primarily leveraging LinkedIn Groups and LinkedIn Answers. “Where do I start?” is the question I get asked most by attendees of the MarketingSherpa B2B Marketing Summit in San Francisco. Marketing Automation is still very new for many companies, and it’s not immediately obvious how you can get started step-by-step. In this post I listed 8 ideas to address this question (and feel free to share yours in the comments!). Choose Your Products and/or Business Unit. Make Sure You Have Enough Leads. MORE

For social media marketers, spring-cleaning takes on an entirely new meaning. By doing a thorough spring-cleaning across accounts, social media marketers will have their affairs in order for the months to come. Here is a guide to social media spring-cleaning, including tips and tricks to better organize your accounts. Reevaluate Your Social Media Goals. Enjoy! MORE

Social media can be overwhelming, especially if you’re a B2B marketer, because it can be a struggle to find things to share. However, as KISSmetrics suggests, hire someone who is experienced in social media, not your niche, as most social media for any industry will have similar goals: getting more visibility for the company. The author has just used them in the past. MORE

Hubspot is best known for their Inbound Marketing evangelism and a software product that helps small to medium-size companies generate leads through search engine optimization and social media. Genius Demand Gen Academy , series of 12 webinars, starting June 9th. MarketingSherpa Lead Management webinar , June 10th (sponsored by Eloqua). Hubspot Show & Tell. Genius Demand Gen Academy. MORE

A Note from Patsi: This week’s guest post is about social media and it’s really important. Because if you want to engage your business blog readers and grow your reader base, you need to use social media. ocial Media. Here are Paul’s 7 Social Media Mistakes Bloggers Should Avoid. Ignoring social media return on investment. ssets (free). Like-baiting. MORE

The sessions were about lead management, lead nurturing, content marketing, social media and Pardot product sessions. The past two days I attended the Pardot User Conference , and also presented a session on Lead Nurturing. Over 100 Pardot customers from all over North America attended this event. And that’s impressive. Learnings From The Conference. The conference had a nice balance of sessions. The Pardot team also showed how they are using Pardot within their own organization. This gives a good indication of a prospect’s intent. Marketing Automation User Conferences. MORE

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Integration of Social Media, Inbound Marketing and Marketing Automation. Social Media Marketing FAIL: In 2010, we’ll see a lot of companies spend a lot of money trying to make a big splash into social networks and many will crash and burn. Marketers will continue to struggle with the new Social Media reality and coming up with smart ways to influence the market’s conversation about their brand. The second challenge will be in adapting their organization to take advantage of new ways of marketing, new media, new technologies. Focus within social media.

This week there was a discussion about Social Media and Marketing Automation in the LinkedIn Group of the Marketing Automation Association. How can Social Media be integrated with Marketing Automation? started researching this, and I found five ways to add Social Media features to Marketing Automation: Share to Social. Social Media ROI. Social Media Monitoring.

will be speaking about Marketing Automation features, the marketing technology ecosystem, and the impact of Social Media. Social Media. When talking about Social Media, most people immediately think of Twitter or Facebook. define it much broader: Social Media facilitates any online social interaction, where monologues have been transformed into social dialogs.

But – just like any other SEO & Social Media tool – HubSpot will only deliver results if you put a fair amount of time into creating and promoting content: compelling content is what makes the HubSpot engine hum. If you’re a mid-size company, search Engine Optimization and Social Media are really the key features that you’ll use HubSpot for. Conclusion.

Paul Gillin, B2B Social Media Strategist, Senior Trainer, Profitecture www.[link] Another good example is Top Rank’s Social Media Marketing Management. how you can solve their burning problem. • E – Engage Meaningfully via Social Media. more true, apparently, than in social media. social media. He writes about content and social media. B2B Marketing.

That’s a wide variety of topics, but I believe there is a clear relationship between them: Both CRM and Marketing Automation are changing because of Social Media and Inbound Marketing. Social Media doesn’t change anything about that: capturing, nurturing and scoring simply isn’t very social. It plays out in a slightly different way for each of them. Social CRM.

Hubspot is best known for their Inbound Marketing evangelism and a software product that helps small to medium-size companies generate leads through search engine optimization and social media. Genius Demand Gen Academy , series of 12 webinars, starting June 9th. MarketingSherpa Lead Management webinar , June 10th (sponsored by Eloqua). Hubspot Show & Tell. Genius Demand Gen Academy.

Social Media monitoring? Today I’m at the Sales 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. write about Marketing Automation, so why am I at a sales conference? I’m here because I believe Sales & Marketing should be on the same team. Marketing Automation can help both Marketing and Sales, but it requires intense collaboration: that’s what Sales 2.0 is all about.

You start defining the personas that you target, and you find out how to reach them through Social Media. Tags: Social Media content marketing public relations seamless integration Today my article on Content Marketing was published on the Genius.com blog, and I wondered whether I could visualize how Content Marketing is different from traditional public relations and advertising.

though Inbound Marketing and Social Media would be a Generation Y thing! The tech industry is known for inventing new names for existing things, mainly to promote their own company. Great for them, but bad for customers: there’s always so much confusion about these new terms (earlier I wrote about the confusion around Demand Generation and Sales 2.0 ). Overall Results.

Dharmesh Shah of Hubspot defines inbound marketing to include search, social media and blogs. Should Marketing Automation systems add Inbound Marketing tools as standard features? Or is it better to keep those tools separate? brought up this question in my previous blog post , and Maria Pergolino had some very good comments on which tools to use and how to integrate them for ROI reporting.

Earlier this year Jame-Ane Ervin wrote a great post about the results of promoting her webinar via Social Media. Now that’s effective use of social media. couple of weeks ago I met one of the founders of the site Social Media B2B : Jeff Cohen ( @dgtlpapercuts ). We started talking and he asked me to write a post about using Social Media for B2B Lead Generation, as LeadSloth has done a fair bit of work in that area. could only use 1,000 words, and in my opinion Blogging, LinkedIn and Twitter are the powerhouses of social media for B2B lead generation.

Paul Gillin, B2B Social Media Strategist, Senior Trainer, Profitecture www.[link] Another good example is Top Rank’s Social Media Marketing Management. how you can solve their burning problem. • E – Engage Meaningfully via Social Media. more true, apparently, than in social media. social media. He writes about content and social media. B2B Marketing.

On Tuesday Genius.com announced the Genius URL Shortener (GURL), which makes it easier to measure the results of social media campaigns. first used it inside AdWords, in which they offered cross-media conversion tracking. Of course, Social Media is all the rage, but I would also use the Genius URL Shortener for online advertisements, list rentals, and so on. So in my opinion this is a very interesting new tool that is makes it easier to track campaign ROI for Social Media and beyond. Lead Source Measurement Needs Improvement. Let me know your suggestions.

That’s a wide variety of topics, but I believe there is a clear relationship between them: Both CRM and Marketing Automation are changing because of Social Media and Inbound Marketing. Social Media doesn’t change anything about that: capturing, nurturing and scoring simply isn’t very social. It plays out in a slightly different way for each of them. Social CRM.

Hubspot is best known for their Inbound Marketing evangelism and a software product that helps small to medium-size companies generate leads through search engine optimization and social media. Genius Demand Gen Academy , series of 12 webinars, starting June 9th. MarketingSherpa Lead Management webinar , June 10th (sponsored by Eloqua). Hubspot Show & Tell. Genius Demand Gen Academy.

Social Media monitoring? Today I’m at the Sales 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. write about Marketing Automation, so why am I at a sales conference? I’m here because I believe Sales & Marketing should be on the same team. Marketing Automation can help both Marketing and Sales, but it requires intense collaboration: that’s what Sales 2.0 is all about.

The sessions were about lead management, lead nurturing, content marketing, social media and Pardot product sessions. The past two days I attended the Pardot User Conference , and also presented a session on Lead Nurturing. Over 100 Pardot customers from all over North America attended this event. And that’s impressive. Learnings From The Conference. The conference had a nice balance of sessions. The Pardot team also showed how they are using Pardot within their own organization. This gives a good indication of a prospect’s intent. Marketing Automation User Conferences.

Just some highlights: Integrating Social Media with B2B Email – Daryl Nielson, Marketing Manager, Email B2B, HP and Mia Dand, B2B Social Media Marketing Manager, HP WW Enterprise Business Marketing. Social Media for the B2B Marketer – Alex Plant from NetApp and Natascha Thomson from SAP. San Francisco: October 4-5 / Boston: October 25-26. Just like last year, I will be a blogging partner for MarketingSherpa's B2B Marketing Summit. Again, they have created a great program for B2B Marketers, covering both lead generation and lead nurturing strategies.

Social Media Tracking 101. Some of you may know that I’ve been a guest blogger at Genius.com since last summer. The main topic has been Marketing Automation , with several other online marketing topics blended in. On the Genius blog I have some nice introductory articles, so I wanted to provide some links to those post here on the LeadSloth blog. Marketing Automation. These posts are about Marketing Automation and Lead Management: Lead Management Introduction. Lead Management Features. Are You Ready for Marketing Automation? Not Ready for Marketing Automation. Now What? Feedback.

In addition to Marketing Automation, there were two big topics: Social Media and CRM. will write about Social Media some other time, and focus on CRM in this post. Last week I presented a session at Silverpop’s B2B Marketing University in Atlanta. Many attendees were confused by CRM vendors claiming to offer full marketing functionality. If that’s true, why would you still need Marketing Automation? So let’s dig in and find how Marketing Automation and CRM are different. Strong Features of CRM. For CRM, I focused on Salesforce.com. Opportunity creation. Limited.

Paul Gillin, B2B Social Media Strategist, Senior Trainer, Profitecture www.[link] Another good example is Top Rank’s Social Media Marketing Management. how you can solve their burning problem. • E – Engage Meaningfully via Social Media. more true, apparently, than in social media. social media. He writes about content and social media. B2B Marketing.

It also includes Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.), Social Media monitoring : see who writes about your company or your areas of expertise. Tags: Demand Generation Social Media Monitoring enquisite hubspot inbound marketing lead management marketing automation ppc raven seo social media The Marketing Automation industry is evolving continuously. Many digital marketers are using marketing automation tools to automate lead nurturing. But if you want to expand your business, you also need to continuously add new leads to your database. Conclusion.

Social Media. And the last topic “Social Media” confirmed my gut feeling that Social Media is hotter than Inbound Marketing and Search Marketing (which were hardly mentioned by the respondents). will focus on Marketing Automation and Social media, with an emphasis on mid-size to large marketing teams. Social Media. And the last topic “Social Media” confirmed my gut feeling that Social Media is hotter than Inbound Marketing and Search Marketing (which were hardly mentioned by the respondents). LeadSloth Marketing Automation Blog – Survey Results.

Genoo, another presenter, used Social Media to fill their prospect database, primarily leveraging LinkedIn Groups and LinkedIn Answers. “Where do I start?” is the question I get asked most by attendees of the MarketingSherpa B2B Marketing Summit in San Francisco. Marketing Automation is still very new for many companies, and it’s not immediately obvious how you can get started step-by-step. In this post I listed 8 ideas to address this question (and feel free to share yours in the comments!). Choose Your Products and/or Business Unit. Make Sure You Have Enough Leads.

have written a lot about Inbound Marketing ( social media and search engine optimization ): it’s free, but takes a fair amount of time to set up. Interview with Terry Whalen from CPC Search. To generate demand for your products, it’s not enough to nurture the existing leads in your database. You also need a steady stream of fresh leads coming in. There are many ways to find these new leads: inbound marketing, search advertising, tradeshows, lead programs, etc. They all have their pros and cons, and most companies use a combination of strategies. What is your take?

Rebekah and her team write about demand generation, with lots of good articles on content marketing and social media. In the spirit of Twitter’s Follow Friday I’d like to finally publish the remaining Demand Generation blogs that I enjoy reading. Earlier I published the Top 10 Demand Generation vendor blogs and the Top 10 Marketing Automation Blogs. Of course, there were many great blogs that I forgot to include, so here are the remaining ones! B2B Marketing Zone. DemandGen Report. Rebekah Donaldson’s “Red on Marketing. Gary Katz, Marketing Operations at Work.

It is about Internet marketing: very interesting posts about SEO, PPC and Social Media. In my previous post I listed the Top-10 Demand Generation blog by marketers and consultants. Today I’ve put together a list of vendor blogs. Most of these vendors blogs really get ‘online marketing’, so they talk about best practices rather then just touting their products, and they post regularly. In alphabetical order: ActiveConversion B2B Marketing Blog. This is my new discovery. Recently, they are writing more posts, and some good ones too! Hubspot Internet Marketing Blog.

Using email in conjunction with social media campaigns. Today MarketingSherpa’s Email Summit started in Miami. It is focused on advanced email strategies, which is an important part of the demand generation process. Most of the case studies seem to be B2C rather than B2B. The focus is on list- and trigger-based emails and on landing pages, rather than on the full Lead Management Automation functionality. Nevertheless, there are lots of interesting advanced email topics that are just as relevant for B2B demand generation specialists. Combining List- and Trigger-Based Campaigns.

It’s something that you use almost every day, but how much do you really know about social media? Social Media Is The New Newspaper. Did you know that Reddit is the most popular social media platform as a source of news? Younger people are more likely to be making the change to news on social media. Guest post by Josh Wardini. It is. You’re Hired.

Social media use isn’t quite universal—but it’s getting close. The number of worldwide social media users is projected to grow from 2.1 Social media now plays almost as large a role in purchasing decisions as does TV, and 57% of consumers say they’re influenced to think more highly of business after seeing positive comments or praise online. 70% of the U.S.

Quick: Can you list the goals of each and every one of your social media efforts? So much of social media is on the fly—a response rather than a plan—that it can become a slippery planning slope for companies, especially those that are understaffed. In fact, setting goals is a key component of establishing a process to measure social media profitability.

Though the use of social media and social networks for marketing is now nearly ubiquitous, and 78% of companies have dedicated social media teams, many marketers sill struggle with certain aspects of social marketing, such as formalizing strategies and measuring results. What trends and changes in social media do marketers need to stay on top of? Social Media Marketing Guides.

A Note from Patsi: This week’s guest post is about social media and it’s really important. Because if you want to engage your business blog readers and grow your reader base, you need to use social media. ocial Media. Here are Paul’s 7 Social Media Mistakes Bloggers Should Avoid. Ignoring social media return on investment. ssets (free). Like-baiting.

Many businesses really want to interact with their fans and ignite more engagement on social media to build relationships and loyalty. Contests on social media are a dime a dozen today, so do something atypical to make your brand stand out. If your business supports a cause, it’s even easier to craft a campaign and share the details about it via your social media pages.

For social media marketers, spring-cleaning takes on an entirely new meaning. By doing a thorough spring-cleaning across accounts, social media marketers will have their affairs in order for the months to come. Here is a guide to social media spring-cleaning, including tips and tricks to better organize your accounts. Reevaluate Your Social Media Goals. Enjoy!

As social media has grown, so has the opportunity for businesses to reach customers and potential customers. In fact, according to the Salesforce 2015 State of Marketing Report , 66% of businesses now have a dedicated social media team. The problem is that while a whopping number of businesses have a social media team, the majority of them don’t know how to measure their efforts.

Social media brings online conversations to life. According to a research study, 74% of all Internet users use social media. And with social media, content emerges. The post 5 Ways User-Generated Content Amplifies Your Social Media Strategy appeared first on Marketing Insider Group. Social Media Social Media CampaignsConsumers are sharing […].

Social Media Marketing — according to Wikipedia , “social media marketing is the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social media sites.” ” This is a broad practice, encompassing social media strategy (what are your goals?), The post What is Social Media Marketing? The onus is on me because I am the expert in communications.

If we can believe the people of Email Delivered there is a “heated debate inside marketing circles” about what’s the best option when it comes to focusing your marketing efforts: social media or email marketing. Email marketing Integrated marketing Social media marketing content marketing Email Delivered Social Media Today social versus email

Though social media marketing has become ubiquitous, most companies and brands still struggle to achieve their desired results. Those are among the conclusions it’s fair to draw from the collection of social media marketing facts and statistics below. Eights years after social media marketing became a trending topic , marketers still struggle with tactics and metrics.

While we realize that successful B2B marketing programs leverage a combination of investments, social media needs to remain in a part of that mix. More importantly, as detailed in my presentation for Supply Chain Management teams this past October, social media is an increasingly important tool for defining marketing ROI. Social Media Strategy and Budgeting. source ). source ).

Social media can be overwhelming, especially if you’re a B2B marketer, because it can be a struggle to find things to share. However, as KISSmetrics suggests, hire someone who is experienced in social media, not your niche, as most social media for any industry will have similar goals: getting more visibility for the company. The author has just used them in the past.

But spending on digital marketing programs is projected to rise three times as fast, and over the next five years, the share of budget dollars dedicated to social media marketing will more than double. Social media benefits are unclear. For B2B media companies, the biggest share of revenue comes from events, totaling $12.2 Lead generation is still a challenge. eMarketer ). 2.

As social media marketing has become ubiquitous ( 88% of marketers say social media is important for their businesses), hundreds of new tools have developed just in the past few years: tools for social media management, monitoring, measurement, automation, identifying influencers, creating graphical content, and more. Image credit: Buddy Media. Check out this post.

So far, I have done one interview in the Leaders in Social Media Strategies series. How has your education and workplace learning brought you to where you are now, a leader in social media strategy? My professional background and life passions all track back to the field of communication, where social media sits. Yes, I am going to interview myself! Should be interesting.